Are There Any Seax-Wiccans here?

[JunkYard]

I been doing a little research, and the pagan path that strikes my curiosity the most is 'Seax-Wicca'. (I'm new to paganism)

"Love is the law--Love is the bond"

Man, that speaks to me!

Can anyone help me with this particular trad?

I'm very interested . . . Seax-Wicca sounds like a beautiful place to start my journey.

[ObsessedFae86]

I'm not too much into it nor do I know much about it..but here are some links that may be helpful. :)

http://www.seax.org/
http://www.paralumun.com/witchseax.htm
http://www.discountnewagebooks.com/browseproducts/Buckland's-Book-of-Saxon-Witchcraft.html

All I really know is Raymond Buckland has alot to do with it. Sorry I couldn't help more.

[omar]

I thought a Seax was a Viking tool? So there is a web site hu. Gotta look it up.

[omar]

Yep! A seax is a big knife used by Vikings & Anglo- Saxon seamen circa 750 AD. So is Seax wicca Viking or ?

[JunkYard]

Yep! A seax is a big knife used by Vikings & Anglo- Saxon seamen circa 750 AD. So is Seax wicca Viking or ?

It's Saxon . . .Raymond Buckland wrote a book outlining the Saxon trad. It's called "The Tree' if I'm not mistaken. I don't think there's too awful many practicing Seax-Wiccans, though. It was only developed in the 70's, so.

Here's a link to one of their forums.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/official_seax_wica/

[babspace]

*waves* Hiya!

Seax-Wica (with one "c") is loosely based on Saxon beliefs. Its an open tradition that focuses on Woden and Freya. While there are covens and coven initiation, self-dedicated solitaries are also acknowledged based on the question "Who initiated the first witch?"

If you want to learn more about Seax-Wica, you can ask me and I can try and answer your questions, or you can join the aforementioned yahoogroup, read "Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft" (the reprint of "The Tree"), and check out http://www.davensjournal.com and http://www.seax.org. Or, you can do both. :)

[RainInanna]

Hi babspace; it is interesting you bumped this thread up as just last night I was searching for info on Seax-Wica and visited those websites and looked at Buckland's book.

It seems that information on this tradition is hard to find - I understand Buckland's book is composed mainly of rituals, and Daven's Journal also has a collection of several of the rituals reprinted (with Buckland's permission) along with several rituals from his own practices. Other than that I couldn't find too much info - the Coven of the Spiral Seax and one other website I found (an Australian Seax-Wica website, IIRC), only had basic info about who the gods were, what the tools are, and what rituals are practiced.

Is it because this particular tradition is not as popular as, say, Gardnerian, Alexandrian, or general eclectic Wicca? Or are there other resources available I just couldn't find? I noticed the Yahoo group wasn't very active either. Is it possible that the lack of info is just because Seax-Wica draws so heavily on Saxon mythology and beliefs and therefore that is where I should go for more info?

I've had dreams about Woden and Freyja and although I don't feel that Asatru is the place for me, I am wondering if Seax-Wica is. I just didn't get a definite feeling from Buckland's book or the websites above; maybe just because they don't flesh out at length what experiences people have had, and seem to mostly print rituals to do. Do you have any advice?

[babspace]

There's a couple of reasons for Seax-Wica not being as well known. First is the fact that it's not as commonly known as other traditions, which is ironic, given who the founder of SW is. As you may already know there's a small group trying to form a committee and or/recreate the Stiweard position to organize and promote the tradition. *rolls eyes* Persoanlly, while I'd like to see a central spot for information, I don't think we need to go to those extremes.

The second problem is that of those who have heard of us, a great many still think Buckland created the tradition as a joke.

Then there's the drama that went down a few years ago with the last Stiweard (and the reason why the position no longer exists). It caused a great deal of strain for Seax-Wica. I don't know how much is still online, but when I first started researching, about 75% of what I found had to do with that.

As for studying.... I don't know where you are, knowledge-wise, but Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft originated as the Seax-Wican seminary. About 99% of the SW references have been removed to generalize it, but it's still a good starting place, along with Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft (formerly The Tree). Beyond that, I've been looking into Anglo-Saxon Heathenry for some ideas to incorporate into my practice. There's a book called Lyblác Anglo Saxon Witchcræft (http://www.lulu.com/content/460213). It was written by a member of the Coven of the Spiral Seax. I haven't read it yet, but my impression is that it takes Seax-Wica one step further. Not fully Wicca (not that everyone considers Seax-Wica to be Wicca), but not quite Heathenry, either. It's definitely on my wish list. :)

[Malcolm]

Sounds interesting...I might have to look into this also. :)

[RainInanna]

Thank you kindly, sounds like I should re-read his big blue book then. I'm trying to avoid buying more until I read some of the many I have, but I might just see what rituals Daven has posted and give them a whirl anyway.

[shuvanilu]

Here's a link to "Big Blue"---it's on my shelf...:)
http://www.amazon.com/Bucklands-Complete-Witchcraft-Llewellyns-Practical/dp/0875420508/sr=8-1/qid=1163473872/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7672877-9404114?ie=UTF8&s=books